When to prune a tree?
I have a 15 year old Silver Maple that needs to have its lower
branches cut to increase the headroom underneath. When is the best time of year to do this? many thanks, |
When to prune a tree?
Do it now.
Silver maples are nasty weed trees and you would be better off growing something that will not become a problem to keep under control. You have been warned. Rich Hebner wrote in message om... I have a 15 year old Silver Maple that needs to have its lower branches cut to increase the headroom underneath. When is the best time of year to do this? many thanks, |
When to prune a tree?
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When to prune a tree?
For Silver Maples, the safest time is very early spring, just prior to bud
break (keep an eye peeled for flowering, then go for it just as the buds swell). Dave "Rich Hebner" wrote in message om... I have a 15 year old Silver Maple that needs to have its lower branches cut to increase the headroom underneath. When is the best time of year to do this? many thanks, |
When to prune a tree?
On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 01:53:15 GMT, "David J Bockman"
wrote: For Silver Maples, the safest time is very early spring, just prior to bud break (keep an eye peeled for flowering, then go for it just as the buds swell). Why is waiting that long appropriate? It seems to me that the sap would be running then and would leak from the wound attracting insects. John |
When to prune a tree?
"David J Bockman" wrote in message ...
For Silver Maples, the safest time is very early spring, just prior to bud break (keep an eye peeled for flowering, then go for it just as the buds swell). Dave "Rich Hebner" wrote in message om... I have a 15 year old Silver Maple that needs to have its lower branches cut to increase the headroom underneath. When is the best time of year to do this? many thanks, Bad timing for maples in general they bleed all down the trunk when spring pruned. If you must cut them for head room now leave stubs a foot or two long and then remove them just outside the branch collar in Summer. That way you don't mar the trunk with sap and when you make the cleanup cuts in summer the branch collar can make the bark to heal the wounds. |
When to prune a tree?
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 12:26:26 -0700,
(paghat) wrote: so do check out a pruning book or book chapter from the library, paying especially attention to advice on large rapid-growth maples; advice will be totally different for fruiting trees or evergreens or for deciduous trees without profuse amounts of flowing sap. -paghat the ratgirl But be sure you check the date on that book--our library still has books recommending flush cuts and painting wounds--big no-nos for a few decades now . . . better to get up-to-date info from the ISA, as paghat also suggested. check teh link in my sig below. Keith For more info about the International Society of Arboriculture, please visit http://www2.champaign.isa-arbor.com/. For consumer info about tree care, visit http://www.treesaregood.com/ |
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